Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
2
states following
May 2019
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Heidel v. State · 863 So. 2d 836 - Byrom v. State · Goodin v. State · 721 So. 2d 642 - Turner v. State · 908 So. 2d 758 - Johnson v. State
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If you find from the evidence in this ease beyond a reasonable doubt that: 1. The defendant, Kirk Mayers, has been previously convicted of a felony; and 2. The defendant had in his possession a pistol; 3. Not in necessary self-defense; then you shall find the defendant guilty of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Mayers v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.